Friday, February 24, 2023

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.24.23

Are You Telling Your Story?

House holds Special Session Voting Day Feb. 24; Regular Session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8

     -- Committee Schedule

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


DEP Advisory: DEP Forms Application Will Be Unavailable March 3-4 Due To Maintenance


-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study On March 9  [PaEN] 


-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility  [PaEN]


-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Celebrates Its 10,000th Lead Service Line Replacement


-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN] 


-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12  [PaEN]


-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Groups For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities  [PaEN]


-- PA Lake Management Society Annual Conference Feb. 28 to March 1 In State College


-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 24 RiverWatch Video Report


-- DEP Extends Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Deadline To June 30


-- DEP Extends Deadline For Grants To Electrify Truck Fleet Pilot Program To March 31


-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Project Resolve Initiative To Bolster Industry And Environment


-- Penn State: New Method Creates Material That Could Create The Next Generation Of Solar Cells


-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Funding Roadwork Without Penalizing Electric Vehicles


-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed National Fuel Gas Settlement Related To Natural Gas Line Leak, Fire


-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Invites Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference 


-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week


-- Rodale Institute: Now On Demand 2022 Virtual Regenerative Healthcare Conference


-- Help Wanted: Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Agricultural Outreach Specialist 


-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Project Clean Stream Trash Cleanup Events Start March 31


-- February 28 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available


-- DCNR Accepting Grant Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Protection Grants  [PaEN]


-- Dept. Of Agriculture Expands Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area To Butler, Clearfield, Clinton, Fayette, Lawrence, Somerset Counties


-- WHYY: Philly Releases Final Plan To Increase The City’s Tree Canopy


-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life


-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Spotlights March Educational Events: The Story Of Rachel Carson; The Lorax And More! 


-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Celebrates Pi Day With Pie Auction March 3-8


-- NextPittsburgh: Get To Know The 9 Allegheny County Parks


-- TribLive: Summer Interns Sought For Forbes State Forest For Conservation Tasks Based In Westmoreland County


-- PennLive: Stocking 3.2 Million Trout In PA Begins For 2023 Season


Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- Sen. Mastriano: PA Senate Committee Hosts Hearing Highlight Effects Of Norfolk Southern Ohio/PA Train Derailment Emergency Response Efforts


-- WESA: PA Leaders Begin To Piece Together What Happened After Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Residents Describe The Horror Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment At PA Senate Hearing; ‘The Whole Sky Was Black’


-- PennLive: PA Residents Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment Ask Not To Be Forgotten: ‘We Count, Too’


-- TribLive: PA Senate Committee Hears 5 Hours Of Testimony On Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Senate Hearing: Railroad’s Cagey Decisions After Ohio/PA Derailment Impeded Response


-- PA Emergency Management Agency Opens New Ohio/PA Train Derailment Webpage


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: NE PA Congressional Reps Weigh In On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Aftermath


-- UnionProgress.com: Carnegie Science Center Experts Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts


-- PennFuture Blog: Environmental Disaster From Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- CNN: Norfolk Southern Paying $6.5 Million To Ohio/PA Train Derailment Victims; Meanwhile Giving $7.5 Billion To Shareholders 


-- AP: NTSB: No Alert For Train Crew Until Just Before Derailment


-- ProPublica: Norfolk Southern Policy Let’s Official Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts


-- NPR: The Most Thorough Explanation Yet For The Ohio/PA Train Derailment


-- AP: Toxic Wastewater From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Headed To Texas


6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]


-- Scranton Times: Slumping Natural Gas Prices May Hold Relief For UGI Customers 


-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Say Their Electric Bills Are Still Wrong


Other States/National/International


-- EPA Announces $550 Million In Grant Funding To Advance Environmental Justice


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PA Capital-Star: House Speaker Previews Rules Proposal As Legal Relief For Child Abuse Survivors Advances

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Voter Turnout Rises With A Boost From Mail-In Voting

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Sexual Harassment Claims Leads To PA House Wrangling Over Expanding Its Policy

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro Perks Suggest Ethical Backsliding In Harrisburg

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[Posted: February 24, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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